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James Gillray was born in London in the Chelsey district. His father was Scottish and a war veteran. The young Gillray learned the profession of letter engraver and was later accepted as a student at the Royal Academy, working as an engraver time and again to finance his studies and livelihood. From a very young age he was interested in caricature, he especially loved William Hogarth, a very famous caricaturist of the 18th century who was his great idol. Very soon Gillray also began to publish caricatures himself, albeit at first under a fictitious name. Only little by little did drawings with his name appear. For many contemporaries and even today James Gillrey is considered "the father of political and social caricature". Of course, he also lived in a time of great political and social upheavals and also in a time when caricature as an important means of expression for depicting events and their interpretation became fashionable and suitable for the masses. Gillrey's intellect, his wit, his sometimes pitch-black humour and his gift for observation, but also his great talent for drawing made his works unique.
In his private life he was not so successful and happy. He suffered from arthritis or gout in his hands at a younger age, which caused him great pain, and his vision was also increasingly poor. Disabled in his work, he became melancholy and increasingly addicted to alcohol. James Gillray did not start a family either, but he probably lived with his publisher Hannah Humphrey for many years and thought about marrying her from time to time. At least contemporaries ascribe a relationship to the two and it is a fact that Hannah Humphrey took care of Gillray after he wanted to take his own life by jumping out of a window in 1811. He survived, but was repeatedly confronted with severe depressions and psychoses. In 1815 the artist died at the age of only 58 years. Among collectors the caricatures of James Gillray are still very popular. Key prints such as "Fashionable Contrasts" and "Light Expelling Darkness" have already fetched prices of 10,000 to 20,000 US dollars at auctions.
James Gillray was born in London in the Chelsey district. His father was Scottish and a war veteran. The young Gillray learned the profession of letter engraver and was later accepted as a student at the Royal Academy, working as an engraver time and again to finance his studies and livelihood. From a very young age he was interested in caricature, he especially loved William Hogarth, a very famous caricaturist of the 18th century who was his great idol. Very soon Gillray also began to publish caricatures himself, albeit at first under a fictitious name. Only little by little did drawings with his name appear. For many contemporaries and even today James Gillrey is considered "the father of political and social caricature". Of course, he also lived in a time of great political and social upheavals and also in a time when caricature as an important means of expression for depicting events and their interpretation became fashionable and suitable for the masses. Gillrey's intellect, his wit, his sometimes pitch-black humour and his gift for observation, but also his great talent for drawing made his works unique.
In his private life he was not so successful and happy. He suffered from arthritis or gout in his hands at a younger age, which caused him great pain, and his vision was also increasingly poor. Disabled in his work, he became melancholy and increasingly addicted to alcohol. James Gillray did not start a family either, but he probably lived with his publisher Hannah Humphrey for many years and thought about marrying her from time to time. At least contemporaries ascribe a relationship to the two and it is a fact that Hannah Humphrey took care of Gillray after he wanted to take his own life by jumping out of a window in 1811. He survived, but was repeatedly confronted with severe depressions and psychoses. In 1815 the artist died at the age of only 58 years. Among collectors the caricatures of James Gillray are still very popular. Key prints such as "Fashionable Contrasts" and "Light Expelling Darkness" have already fetched prices of 10,000 to 20,000 US dollars at auctions.
.jpg "The Plum Pudding in danger or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper, pub. 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, July 2, 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Fashionable Contrasts, or The Duchess")
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.jpg "The Grand Coronation Procession of Napoleon the 1st Emperor of France, from the Church of Notre-Dame by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-161499).jpg "Dido in Despair, published by Hannah Humphrey by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Fighting for the Dunghill or Jack Tar settling Buonaparte by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-297654).jpg "Tales of Wonder, pub. H. Humphrey, London, 1802 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Le Baiser a la Wirtembourg, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "John Bull Taking a Luncheon, or British Cooks, cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard with Bonne-Chere, published by Hannah Humphrey by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Destruction of the French Colossus by James Gillray")
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.jpg "National Conveniences, 1769 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-391130).jpg "Georgey in the Coal Hole by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Valley of the Shadow of Death by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Gillray Cartoon on Vaccination Against Smallpox Using Cowpox Serum by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Plumb-Pudding in Danger, or State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper, February 26, 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Progress of the Toilet: Dress Completed, Plate 3 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Accommodating Spouse; Tyrant")
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.jpg "The Balance of Power, or The Posterity of the Immortal Chatham turned")
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.jpg "The Grand Coronation Procession of Napoleon, the 1st Emperor of France, from the Church of Notre-Dame, 2nd December 1804, published 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Wig, plate two from Progress of the Toilet by James Gillray")
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.jpg "French Liberty - British Slavery by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Pacific-Overtured, - or- a Flight from St Clouds- over the Water to Charlet. - a new Dramatic Peace now Rehearsing by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Retribution: Tarring and Feathering, or The Patriot")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1087318).jpg "Mendoza by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Siege of the Column of Pompey, Science in the Pillory by James Gillray")
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.jpg "French Liberty. British Slavery by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Cartoon about Napoleon, Paul Barras, Josephine and Mademoiselle de Fontenay, called ausii Teresa (Theresa or Terezia) Cabarrus, called Madame Tallien (Talien) or these ladies dance naked for Barras, under the stealth eye of Napoleon [Josephine being, at th by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Allied Powers Un-Booting Egalite by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Jersey Smuggler detected, or Good cause for Separation, Marriage Vows are False as Dicers oaths, pub. 1796 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Lilliputian-Substitutes, Equipping for Public Service by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Gout by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Tales of Wonder! by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Tree of Liberty with the Devil Tempting John Bull by James Gillray")
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.jpg "English satire on science: new discoveries in pneumatic materials by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Political Banditti Assailing the Saviour of India by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Dido")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-41804).jpg "The Plum Pudding in Danger, 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Plum Pudding in Danger, or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper by James Gillray")
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.jpg "News from Calabria! Capture of Buenos Ayres, or The Comforts of an Imperial Dejeune at St. Cloud")
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.jpg "The Zenith of French Glory; The Pinnacle of Liberty by James Gillray")
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.jpg "An Old Maid on a Journey by James Gillray")
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.jpg "French Liberty. British Slavery, December 21, 1792 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-392779).jpg "Coalition Dance by James Gillray")
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 poisoning the sick at Jaffa 1799 - (MeisterDrucke-215901).jpg "Napoleon Bonaparte poisoning the sick at Jaffa by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Gentle Emetic, published by Hannah Humphrey by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Harmony Before Matrimony by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Worn Out Patriot, or The Last Dying Speech of the Westminster Representative at the Anniversary Meeting on Oct 10th 1800, held at the Shakespeare Tavern by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Sans-Culottes Feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty, published by Hannah Humphrey by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The American Rattle Snake, 1782 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-392118).jpg "Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, pub. 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Oh, That This Too, Too Solid Flesh Would Melt, Quotation from Hamlet, Act I. Scene I, Designed for the Shakespeare Gallery, Published by H. Humphrey, London, 1791 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-162836).jpg "Wet Under Foot by James Gillray")
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.jpg "He Steers his Flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air that felt unusual weight., 1810 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Zenith of French Glory, - the Pinnacle of Liberty, February 12, 1793 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Siege de la Colonne de Pompee, or Science in the Pillory, published by H. Humphrey in 1799 by James Gillray")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-218157).jpg "The Gout by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-392764).jpg "Wouski, pub. 1788 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Daniel Mendoza by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Les Membres du Conseil des Anciens, plate 2 from")
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.jpg "The Soldiers Return, or Rare News for Old England, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1791 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Apotheosis of the Corsican Phoenix, Published by Hannah Humphrey in 1808 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Maniac Ravings, or Little Boney in a Strong Fit by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Begging No Robbery: i.e. Voluntary Contribution, or John Bull Escaping a Forced Loan by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism (published by Hannah Humphrey) by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Tiddy-Doll the great French Gingerbread-Baker, drawing out a new Batch of Kings, 1806 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Lovers Dream, 1795 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Former Occupations, or Madam Talian and the Empress Josephine Dancing Naked before Barrass in the Winter of 1797 - a Fact! by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Napoleon and King George III as Gulliver and the King of Brobdingnag by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Spanish Bull Fight, or The Corsican Matador in Danger, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1808 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Confederated Coalition, or The Giants Storming Heaven by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A Dash up St. James Street, Published by Hannah Humphrey by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Uncorking Old Sherry by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Cow Pock or the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A Proof of the refin")
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.jpg "A Peep at Christies by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-391127).jpg "Fat Cattle by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Alecto and Her Train, at the Gate of Pandaemonium: or The Recruiting Sergeant Enlisting by James Gillray")
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.jpg "End of the Irish Invasion or the Destruction of the French Armada by James Gillray")
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.jpg "New Way to Pay the National-Debt Caricature, 1786 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-392760).jpg "Mendoza, pub. 1788 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "St George’s Volunteers Charging Down Bond Street by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Les Membres du Conseil des Cinq Cents, plate 3 of")
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.jpg "The Pic-Nic Orchestra by James Gillray")
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 Taking Leave of his Wife and Family 1793 - (MeisterDrucke-90947).jpg "Louis XVI Taking Leave of his Wife and Family, 1793 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-392771).jpg "Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man by James Gillray")
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.jpg "John Burges MD, 1795 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1130888).jpg "The Theatrical War, published by S.W. Fores in 1787 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Spanish Bull Fight or the Corsican Matador in Danger, pub. 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Life of William Cobbett, written by himself by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Titianus Redivivus or the Seven Wise Men consulting the new Venetian Oracle, a scene in")
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.jpg "The First Kiss in Ten Years! or The Meeting of Britannia and Citizen Francois, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1803 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Cow Pock or Wonderful Effects of the New Innoculation! Vide the publications of the anti-vaccine society, pub by H. Humphreys by James Gillray")
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.jpg "High Change in Bond Street, ou la Politesse de Grande Monde, pub. 1796 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1131700).jpg "Mental Energy by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1612242).jpg "Matrimonial Harmonics (Recto) by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Maniac Ravings, or Little Boney in a Strong Fit, 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Bottomless Pitt, 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Comforts of a Rumford Stove, 1800 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Death of Admiral Lord Nelson, in the moment of Victory, pub. 1805 by James Gillray")
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